W.V.O. Quine's holism demonstrates that no judgment is immune to revision in light of experience, dissolving the analytic/synthetic and a priori/a posteriori distinctions Kant relies upon.
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W.V.O. Quine(as the main philosopher discussed in this statement)
An American philosopher (1908-2000) who challenged the idea that some beliefs are completely protected from being proven wrong by experience.
analytic/synthetic distinction(Vienna Circle logical empiricism)
A central component of the Vienna Circle's philosophical framework, distinguishing between statements true by virtue of meaning (analytic) and statements true by virtue of empirical fact (synthetic)